Power baling machine



Oct. 2l, 1930. J. HANSEN 1,778,941

POWER ABALINC: MACHINE Filed May 4, 1928 Sheets-Sheet l /NvfNTaR gmvww 5y o/L 70 iw; ATTORNEY oct. 21, 1930. J, HANSEN 1,778,941

' POWER BALING MACHINE Filed May 4, 1928 2 She'ets-Sheet 2 /9 IE*Z /6 /9 /N VEN TOR LmMALQ/M/ y QQWM;

Patented oei. ai,` i930 JOHN HANSEN; or BETTENDORF, rovine]v 'i POWER BALING {iviiicHfiNE- Applmtm med May 4, 1928. Serial 1\ro.'275,225.v

l' pressingthe load of paper or other material vin the machine-is given alvertical movement upwardlyor downwardly by means of a pair Vof screwethreaded shafts at the ends of the machine, and nuts or travellers operating to thereon and carryingthe platen devices. ln

these machines it visfdesignedito have lvthe l n v mounted upon which lare r endframesj 2, hav- Y. ing upper cross-braces 3. 4 SaidA frames are material introduced through" the top, and it Yhas therefore 'beenv found to be necessaryfto removethe platenV temporaiiilyfromits' 4ipc-* 15 sition above the load. Aiti-jcommen manner of doing this has beento mount the platen `in'- suchr a'manner that itooul'd tip to one side l t orthe other afterbeing free of themachine,

atafpoint above the same.- In the earlier art gravity 'toene side or 'the other, but in more modernmachines, especially '-thoseof a larger biiild, in which the materialis frequently fed? into' the machines from.- a floorab'ove theorie on which thefm-achine is installed`,;it, f-re- Y, Y, Y quently desired tofeedthe inaterial'inf from? one side of the machine', andhavethefplaten movein the'oppositefdirectionl The chiefpurpose of the present invention 30 reached a desired point-abovethebomfand which will initiate a' tilting movement of the' tion therewith afslidable'f-support if'ifthe plateni's provided, permitting anjeasy move! ment of the platen outwardly'f and the 'revthe inventionA areofv .a simple and efhcient character, and aid in decreasing the .cost Vof production of the' machine itself. I l Y.

The'particiilar construction, arrangement,

i 5B and operation of the.invent'ionwill be more the'p'laten was left to fall by'fthe'force of'A is to'provide a trip for theV platen devices, which will operate when'the platen has mechanism common to .b'oth'. j'

The parts of the machine'which embody f fully set forthjin the following specificatibn,

taken in connection vwith the accompanying" drawings, in which; y Y

, Fig.r lis an end view vof* a'inachine equipped i A' .the ,Screw i with the invention, .with apart of Sbrolren away,

2 is a planview, withthe' upper lbear#V 'f vings for the shafts 8 omitted'.y l

Figi v3 vis Aa detail of the platen tripping mechanism. kI f, a v- The reference "number, l indicates a base,

united lby longitudinal pieces 4, all fof; the

a 'channelplate formation.v Qn the base l is ceV alsosupported a receptacle ,forfthe material to -bebaled, the ends ofwhich are formedof isseparatedY byja vertical channel`7. The

sides offthe receptacle-'fare' of a 'comm'on` of the mach-ine are rotatably mounted "verti v cal; shafts 8, each screw-threadedtliroughout Y the greater part 'ofits length,1and each adapt' ,[e'dffor operation y-bya `gear#wheel '9 onthi-"L y lower vend thereofQonly "oneof' saidfwhee'ls being showin' j Said lgearwheels are adapted i to besimultaneously rotated {front-ra Adrive Each' of said shaftsvS is providedjwith'a y 1 i nut or traveller f l0, upon whichVT are *pivoted yokes' 11, each provided-witla" short'shaft upon which is rockingl'y mounted a4 bearingV 13, said bearings being unitedbyandlsup l porting apl'aten-frame 14, lof arch formati()n.4` i

VThey upper bar 14a of theiframe'145- is `siib. l stantially horizontal, f and the ends thereof j are j movable vertically iii'l'the channels tain` vthefend's ofthereceptaclelf lSecure'c'l""to the 'i l'owerside'of'said-bar'are plates 15,' s'upp'ort-V ing' a. seriesfof platessl which formtheg plat'-l I and ILS-,the- 4-latterIoffw'li'iclii 'are projected en. ze? Said plates are prefe-i'aloly'"ofal chan-jl I* nel formation, withlthe flanges thereoffturii'e'd l Y upwardly and outwardly above the top of the ioV receptacle, forming arcuatetracks 19, which permita movement of the platen-frame and platen `carried thereby toward that, side of Vthe machine, and tipping the platen into a plane at an angle with that ot its working position, as shown in brokenlines lin Fig.

l.` rlhis'opens the top of the machine so as t0 permit otV the feeding of material into Vthe receptacle from the side opposite to that toward which the platen is ,movedr The Vangle-plate 17 is extended upwardly :to a

sufficient height to interfere'with a movement ofthexplaten-frame toward that side ofthe 'machine from which the .material is fed. Y In theupper'part of the machine, at the ends thereof, are reinforcing'V plates 2O and 2l, unitingl the end plates of the 4receptacle andthe end :trameso-the'machine, and secured to one of the bearings lis a frame 22, i V,from which projects a trip 23, in a Aposition to strike against the lower edge of the plate 20 when the platen has` reached a desired position in theupper part et the machine, as

shown in Fig. 3jr-This tends'to arrest the movement of the trip, and as the traveller 10 continues to move upwardly the trip 23 isv tipped into a position to pass the obstruction,

as` shOWIL in Fig.' V3. This, operates tourne-l'.

the bearing' lslightlvat the-same timetilt'- ing the platen frame until the bar thereof?v rests against the track.19`,"as shown insaid ligure. A'continued movement of thescrews 8 carriestheplaten-frame andV platernout-V wardly alongthe tracks VVin the manner hereinbefore mentioned.'VV `On ai reverse movement 'ofthe screws the platen-frame is againmoved inwardly, 'sliding upon said V tracks,a-and bringing theplateninto position for acompressing; operationV In. they Outward move-i mentof` the platenthe bearing` 13 continuesV toy rotate, eausingfa' completeplearanee between the trip 23 and plate 20,' the only,y en,-

V t Y gagement between suchparts being'the con'- tact` ofi-'the trip with' theloweredge'of 'the plate. v Y In the return movement ofthe platen p the Vend Aof the trip swings in below. the plate the Vtrip VVcan vbe substituted 'therefor'.l d The amountetmovementto` be given-to the platen-*trame for the purpose' of Vupsetwting the `same is'only such as .is .necessaryito overbalance the same, or 'rock the samefrom again.V LAS amatter of tact the plateQO-isfA made-inse ofon account of"providingYacon-v venient interference .for the lmovemeut of the trip, and anykind of a stop or Lobstacle which Vwill give' ther-desired movement to 'a possible' neutral support, the subsequent with the;tripmechanism,itclesired,gbut this 1 1 'ijistund tobel unnecessary; It willfalsofbe. f

notedthat .theinvention.isinot-lirntedn its,`V`

V`supports roclringly mounted, meansfor holding said supports with'thew platen in operative .position throughout. its movementfin Vthe reuse to machines ofthe screw operated type, but 'that it can be adapted Vfor Vuse `with any mechanism which includes vertically mov-` ableparts or elements at theends of the ma- A chine, upon which the Y platen frame can be rockinglvmounted.`

" 'VVhat,[.claim,andjdesirejto secure by. Let- Y ters Patenuyis: l

` l. Ardevice of the class described, com- Y `prising` va receptacle, provided with vertical channels in its ends,a platen' and frame therefor movable in said channels, outwardly di- .verging tracksv forming extensions. for the edges otsaid channels, at one side thereof, operatingmechanism Vfor said platen including` vertically movable'parts with which the platen frameisroclringly connectedLa trip on one of the connections and movable therewith, a detentin `the linei .oftravel o saidj trip, and` frame extensions for` preventing a movement of thel platen trametoward that side ot the machine oppositetosaid tracks. Y

2. ln' a power baling machine, V a receptacle, 1

a platen movable thereinandprovided with' ceptacl'e vand above the l same, divergenttracks Y 4 inthe upper part of the machine,atrip device -movablewith-one of the supports atitsrocking point, and-stationary means cooperatingV Y therewith for checking' the Vmovement otsaid trip,V andl `causing said supports vand platen Vto voverloalance the direction of saidntracks;V

r j 3, In apower baling machine, a'recept'acl'e':

.100" lprovided in `its ends with verticalchannels,A

the edgesofjwhich serveV as guideathefedges j `at'one.side'thereof'beingcarried straight'upe wardly to ajfp'ointv above thejrefceptacle, and, j Y 'the Opposite. Maes-.being proiectedlntogouti '212:55'. wardly'divergingv tracksl also-,above said rei' cepta'cl'e`,l a. `l;pl'aten and; supportingftrame v.therefor rnovableuinl` saidv channels, 'mechanismy at thegendsot said receptacle1v for the l operation ot said" platen,'includingvertically* the direction otsaid tracks.

1f`10 f `njrojvable@"elementsV with which the platen i. trame is rockinglyVconnectechroneof saidcon- Vn'ections-being provided withy a trip device,

Vandrneans inthe lineV ofgtraveli Qtsaid trip Vdevice to' lengage '.therewithandffcause the y platen frame' and .platenl to overmbalance.'in'`'V .A .Y f 

